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Mocha Meringues Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 Take your eggs out of the fridge & allow them to come to about room temp.
Step #2 Make sure you have two oven racks in your oven.
Step #3 Preheat oven to 250°F.
Step #4 In a small bowl, mix vanilla & instant coffee.
Step #5 In large bowl (or your mixer's bowl) add egg whites, cream of tartar & salt.
Step #6 Beat on medium speed until the eggs are frothy.
Step #7 Increase speed slightly & add sugar slowly but steadily.
Step #8 Beat mixture until stiff peaks form.
Step #9 This should take about 10 mins.
Step #10 Add vanilla/coffee mixture & mix until mixd.
Step #11 Decrease speed to low & add cocoa slowly until just incorporated.
Step #12 Using a pastry bag or ziploc bag with a corner cut off, pipe meringue onto two parchment lined cookie sheets.
Step #13 The mounds should be no less than half an inch apart & should each be about an inch across.
Step #14 Bake for 30 mins, then switch the two baking sheets from one rack to the other.
Step #15 Bake for another 20 mins until the meringues are dry.
Step #16 Turn off the oven & leave it slightly open while the meringues crisp for about an hr.
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